Against The Pain: The Opioid Crisis And Medication Access
https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/what-every-patient-should-know-about-narxcare/
The above link was a post that I made about the same time that Narxcare first came on the scene.. over THREE YEARS AGO. In this post, I commented that I did not think that the community would fare well under this system in the long term.
The graphic above is a link to a 1 hr+ audio from NPR from a couple of days ago. Looking in hindsight it would seem that the DEA’s classification of various substances in the list of controlled substance. Now appears to have been done with little SCIENTIFIC FACTS.
Initially MJ is a C-I at the federal level… illegal substances with no valid medical value – which now has been declared LEGAL in some 40 states & DC for a combination of uses from only medical necessary and some recreational use.
MAGIC MUSHROOM – was a C-I.. and now being used in a clinical trial to treat depression.
Kratom is a “relative” of the coffee tree and a illegal substance in some six states and the DEA is trying to get it scheduled as a C-I
Hydrocodone & Acetaminophen was originally classified as a C-III – but in 2014, the DEA decided that it needed to be classified as a C-II.. While all along Tylenol with Codeine remains a C-III and Codeine is metabolized in the body to MORPHINE – which is a C-II
The bottom line is that there is all too many people who draw a paycheck from the WAR ON DRUGS… at least 12,000 at the Federal level and a unknown number at the city/count/state level involved part or full time fighting the war on drugs. Plus all the prosecutors , defense attorneys, judges and the court/jail system.
Ronald Reagan once stated, The closest thing to eternal life on earth is a Government Program
Filed under: General Problems
Our tax dollars at work…against us.